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Jan
13
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Laura Pedersen

Laura Pedersen began working on Wall Street in 17 years to 20 years, she has, incidentally, was the youngest, which had its own place on the American Stock Exchange (her employer rented a place for her, as she passed the age for possession ). Unable to reach another 24 years, it has made 1,5 million Raised in the suburbs of Buffalo, Pedersen, a born entrepreneur: in six years, selling tomatoes from the garden of his mother, played poker and casino betting on horses in ten years asked the company’s stock “Pepsi-Cola” as a birthday present, in 14 years go to New – York on a trip to the American Stock Exchange (АМЕХ). After a dull first semester in the University of Michigan, she dropped out. “If I wanted to be a movie star – she thought – I think I went to the west, to Hollywood, and since I only wanted to make state, I flew to the east, on Wall Street.”
In January 1984 Pedersen began working as a clerk, earning $ 120 a week. She worked in several companies before settling down in “Spier Leeds Kellogg / investorz Company as Secretary of traders. When traders went on a smoke break, she briefly their principals. It was a world full of obscenities and vulgar gestures. As Pedersen said: “Four years, three months and thirteen days, I traded in – first as a pinch-Hitter, then as a certified expert – I did everything that the parents told me never to do.” During these four-plus years she has done for his company’s respectable 5.3 million profit. In October 1987, during the collapse, she made $ 100,000 in the day when the bubble burst, but in the next week, has lost 1.6 million

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Dec
7
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The market review for December, 7st

Market 8 Stock trading on the American stock exchange platforms 4 December 2009. closed growth against the backdrop of leading indicators unexpectedly optimistic data from the U.S. labor market. Prior to bidding U.S. Department of Labor (US Department of Labor) reported that the November non-farm sector of the country had lost only 11 thousand jobs, while analysts predicted that this figure will exceed 100 thousand U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell from 10, 2% to 10%. Added a statement of optimism and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner that the unemployment rate in the country in the short term may be further reduced to the background of strengthening the overall state of the economy.

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Oct
12
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The market review for October, 12st

Stock trades in the United States ended on October 9 the growth of leading indexes against positive macroeconomic statistics and corporate news. Less-than-expected U.S. trade deficit, coupled with some good recommendations on the banks of the technology sector have allowed investors to hope that the growth of stock markets was not a premature phenomenon. As a result, all three of the leading index grew at the last working session of the week, entrenched at the highest elevations of the beginning of this year.

Reason for optimism with the bidders appeared before the trading session, when the U.S. Department of Commerce (US Department of Commerce) stated that the trade deficit the U.S. in August 2009. decreased by 3,6% compared with the revised value for July 2009. and amounted to 30.71 billion dollars Thus analysts predicted that the figure in August this year, on the contrary, increase to $ 33 million read more

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